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« Reply #2910 on: October 15, 2018, 08:51:46 PM »

If he was chocolate....




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« Reply #2911 on: October 15, 2018, 09:04:57 PM »

The SNL one seems more realistic.
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« Reply #2912 on: October 29, 2018, 08:39:00 AM »

Absolute killer line from Andrew Gillum in the Florida Governor second debate.

“I’m not calling Mr. DeSantis a racist. I’m simplying saying the racists believe he’s a racist.”

DeSantis is the guy who made the monkey comment when Gillum was selected, though it’s clear there’s more to it than that. Florida is usually safe for Republicans and it has never had a black Governor, but Gillum is so clearly a much better candidate than DeSantis, that he seems to have a real chance of winning, with even some Republicans voting for him. Too close to call right now which, in itself, is a significant victory for Gillum.

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« Reply #2913 on: October 30, 2018, 12:12:50 AM »

Texas has belonged to the Republicans for years, but this time it is close. It should be an easy defend for Ted Cruz, who is a national figure and stood for President just two years ago, but it hasn't worked out like that, as Beto O'Rourke is giving him the fright of his life, with the race too close to call, though Cruz is still slightly ahead and likely to stagger over the line.

Beto's campaign has been unconventional in several ways. There can't be many skateboarding Senators.




He has cut through to a lot of disaffected voters, who may turn up when they haven't before.

In fairness, when it has come to the debates, both have been excellent:

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« Reply #2914 on: October 31, 2018, 01:29:52 PM »

This could be an interesting development:

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/10/31/has-robert-mueller-subpoenaed-trump-222060
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« Reply #2915 on: November 01, 2018, 09:48:02 AM »

Texas has belonged to the Republicans for years, but this time it is close. It should be an easy defend for Ted Cruz, who is a national figure and stood for President just two years ago, but it hasn't worked out like that, as Beto O'Rourke is giving him the fright of his life, with the race too close to call, though Cruz is still slightly ahead and likely to stagger over the line.

Beto's campaign has been unconventional in several ways. There can't be many skateboarding Senators.




He has cut through to a lot of disaffected voters, who may turn up when they haven't before.

In fairness, when it has come to the debates, both have been excellent:



Thanks for the continued great updates in this thread. I was a bit surprised to see 15/8 Republican majority in the midterms. Seems like an OK spot to take some positive EV insurance against mankind taking another massive backward step. What do you think?
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« Reply #2916 on: November 01, 2018, 12:09:35 PM »

Has Mueller Subpoenaed the President? https://politi.co/2F5z3cf 

all hell breaks loose after the mid terms presumably
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« Reply #2917 on: November 01, 2018, 01:03:45 PM »

Has Mueller Subpoenaed the President? https://politi.co/2F5z3cf 

all hell breaks loose after the mid terms presumably

I would think that’s correct.

There is also a significant exodus expected from the Cabinet. As well as Nikki Haley, whose departure has already been announced, Jeff Sessions (AG), James Mattis (Defence), Ryan Zinke (Interior), Kirsten Nielsen (Homeland Security) and Wilbur Ross (Commerce) are all rumoured to be on the way out.
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« Reply #2918 on: November 01, 2018, 01:23:32 PM »

Texas has belonged to the Republicans for years, but this time it is close. It should be an easy defend for Ted Cruz, who is a national figure and stood for President just two years ago, but it hasn't worked out like that, as Beto O'Rourke is giving him the fright of his life, with the race too close to call, though Cruz is still slightly ahead and likely to stagger over the line.

Beto's campaign has been unconventional in several ways. There can't be many skateboarding Senators.




He has cut through to a lot of disaffected voters, who may turn up when they haven't before.

In fairness, when it has come to the debates, both have been excellent:



Thanks for the continued great updates in this thread. I was a bit surprised to see 15/8 Republican majority in the midterms. Seems like an OK spot to take some positive EV insurance against mankind taking another massive backward step. What do you think?

It’s incredibly complex, and could still go in numerous directions. Many seats are in the balance. It is clear that turnout is going to be the highest for at least twenty years. Democrats were already motivated for this one, but the Kavanaugh business has got the dander up of a lot of Republican supporters, and their likelihood of voting shifted upwards dramatically when the hearings happened. Young voters are more morivated this time, but early voting in Georgia and Texas has seen higher numbers of Republicans. Democrats have got close in places they shouldn’t, but probably won’t break through in most of them. The most likely outcome seems to be that Democrats will take the House and Republicans will hold the Senate, possibly even increasing their majority slightly, subject to Trump not doing something weird in the meantime. That outcome would suit the White House just fine. There are several that could still break the other way though.
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« Reply #2919 on: November 01, 2018, 02:17:53 PM »

Has Mueller Subpoenaed the President? https://politi.co/2F5z3cf 

all hell breaks loose after the mid terms presumably

I would think that’s correct.

There is also a significant exodus expected from the Cabinet. As well as Nikki Haley, whose departure has already been announced, Jeff Sessions (AG), James Mattis (Defence), Ryan Zinke (Interior), Kirsten Nielsen (Homeland Security) and Wilbur Ross (Commerce) are all rumoured to be on the way out.


re Grand Jury - I read an article some time ago that it was not considered correct protocol to subpoena a person who is the subject of an investigation ie it should be only witnesses.  Notably there have been no leaks of the principles of the infamous Trump Tower meeting being subpoenaed, although Manafort might now have given evidence.   

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« Reply #2920 on: November 04, 2018, 08:28:40 AM »

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« Reply #2921 on: November 04, 2018, 11:56:42 AM »



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« Reply #2922 on: November 04, 2018, 12:55:32 PM »

This seems incredible in a democrascy:

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/11/federal-judge-lets-north-dakota-republicans-block-native-americans-from-voting.html
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« Reply #2923 on: November 05, 2018, 01:14:12 PM »

How do Republicans win elections? Partly like this. TX35 is designed to pack urban Democrat voters from two cities (San Antonio and Austin) into one district. 100 miles long, 1 mile wide at points, taking in parts of 5 counties.

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« Reply #2924 on: November 05, 2018, 06:57:31 PM »

How do Republicans win elections? Partly like this. TX35 is designed to pack urban Democrat voters from two cities (San Antonio and Austin) into one district. 100 miles long, 1 mile wide at points, taking in parts of 5 counties.



Wasn't sure whether to thank or express irritation at this as it has just led to me spending hours looking at gerrymandering in the US :-) On balance I have to say thanks as it's quite fascinating.

Seems like both parties have been at it historically and I found it quite incredible how many times it generates cases that are reviewed by the Supreme Court.

Am obviously not close to knowledgeable on this but what I've read so far would suggest that the US seems to have turned gerrymandering into an art form and it looks like the Republicans are a bit better at it than the Democrats.

Anyway, back to my reading

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